2010 Oceania Swimming Championships

The 8th Oceania Swimming Championships were held 21–26 June 2010, at the Tuanaimato Aquatic Centre in Apia, Samoa.^[1][2] It was the eight edition of the biennial championships, and featured competition in swimming, open water swimming and synchronized swimming.^[3] The open water events were swum in the waters off Faleasiu.

Participating countries

Countries with confirmed teams^[3] for the 2010 Oceania Swimming Championships were:

American Samoa  Australia (23)[4]  Cook Islands  Fiji (11)  Guam

Hawaii [USA State]    Marshall Islands  New Caledonia  New Zealand (20)[5]

Palau  Papua New Guinea (9)  Samoa (7)[6]  Tonga

Event Schedule

Date	Monday 21 June	Tuesday 22 June	Wednesday 23 June	Thursday 24 June	Friday 25 June	Saturday 26 June
S w i m m i n g		50 fly 200 free 100 back 200 fly 1500 free (men)	50 back 100 free 100 breast 400 IM 4×200 free relay		50 breast 400 free 100 fly 200 back 4×100 free relay	800 free (women) 200 IM 50 free 200 breast 4×100 medley relay
Open Water	5K			10K
Synchro		Noon-5 pm	Noon-5 pm		Noon-5 pm	Noon-5 pm

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	James Roberts   Australia	22.95	Hamish Rose   Australia	23.09	Ryan Pini   Papua New Guinea	23.49
100 m freestyle	Luke Kerswell   Australia	50.64	James Roberts   Australia	50.75	Andrew McMillan   New Zealand	51.16
200 m freestyle	Andrew McMillan   New Zealand	1:50.74	Matthew Terry   Australia	1:51.79	Jarrod Killey   Australia	1:52.88
400 m freestyle	Matthew Terry   Australia	3:53.59	Jarrod Killey   Australia	3:59.67	Dylan Dunlop-Barrett   New Zealand	3:59.99
1500 m freestyle	Dylan Dunlop-Barrett   New Zealand	15:43.02	Terry Matthew   Australia	15:45.04	Ryan Phillip   Australia	16:22.84
50 m backstroke	Braiden Camm   Australia	26.47	Bobby Jovanovich   Australia	27.11	Daren Choi   Hawaii	27.31
100 m backstroke	Braiden Camm   Australia	56.37	Bobby Jovanovich   Australia	58.09	Daren Choi   Hawaii	58.15
200 m backstroke[7]	Braiden Camm   Australia	2:01.88	Mitch Larkin   Australia	2:03.03	Daren Choi   Hawaii	2:11.58
50 m breaststroke[8]	Amini Fonua   Tonga	28.57	Nick Ferrif   New Zealand	28.64	Luke Westgaard   New Zealand	29.69
100 m breaststroke[9]	Nick Ferrif   New Zealand	1:02.79	Jeremy Meyer   Australia	1:03.37	Amini Fonua   Tonga	1:03.49
200 m breaststroke	Jeremy Meyer   Australia	2:15.27 CR	Thomas Dahlia   New Caledonia	2:17.16	Luke Westgaard   New Zealand	2:21.01
50 m butterfly[10]	Ryan Pini   Papua New Guinea	24.64	James Roberts   Australia	24.98	Amini Fonua   Tonga	25.02
100 m butterfly	Ryan Pini   Papua New Guinea	53.98	Grant Irvine   Australia	54.19	Andrew McMillan   New Zealand	54.47
200 m butterfly	Andrew McMillan   New Zealand	2:00.02	Shaun Burnett   New Zealand	2:01.14	Grant Irvine   Australia	2:01.76
200 m individual medley	Mitch Larkin   Australia	2:04.14	Steven Kent   New Zealand	2:05.95	Jarrod Killey   Australia	2:07.72
400 m individual medley	Mitch Larkin   Australia	4:22.17 CR	Steven Kent   New Zealand	4:37.22	Kacy Johnson   Hawaii	4:37.88
4×100 m freestyle relay	Australia   Hamish Rose,   James Roberts,   Jarrod Killey,   Luke Kerswell	3:23.79	New Zealand   Andrew McMillan,   Steven Kent,   Matthew Stanley,   Shaun Burnett	3:30.32	New Caledonia   Thomas Dahlia,   Rudy Bernard,   Bryan Spitz,   Thomas Chacun	3:33.22
4×200 m freestyle relay	Australia	7:28.61	New Zealand	7:32.97	New Caledonia	7:53.07
4×100 m medley relay	Australia   Braiden Camm,   Jeremy Meyer,   Grant Irvine,   Luke Kerswell	3:43.97	New Zealand   Dylan Dunlop-Barrett,   Nick Ferrif,   Shaun Burnett,   Andrew McMillan	3:49.55	New Caledonia   Bryan Spitz,   Thomas Dahlia,   Thomas Chacun,   Rudy Bernard	3:55.23
5k open water	Jarrod Killey   Australia	58.13	Codie Grimsey   Australia	58.15	Philip Ryan   New Zealand	58.18
10k open water	Codie Grimsey   Australia	2:05:19.71	Philip Ryan   New Zealand	2:07:05.74	Kacy Johnson   Hawaii	2:14:34.25

Legend: CR – Championship record

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Amy Allen   Australia	26.25	Hannah Saunders   New Zealand	26.36	Amelia Evatt-Davey   Australia	26.53
100 m freestyle	Amelia Evatt‑Davey   Australia	56.16	Jade Neilsen   Australia	57.03	Hannah Saunders   New Zealand	57.29
200 m freestyle	Amelia Evatt-Davey   Australia	2:01.21	Amy Allen   Australia	2:02.65	Samantha Lucie-Smith   New Zealand	2:03.26
400 m freestyle	Jade Neilsen   Australia	4:17.44	Tiffany Papaemanouil   Australia	4:17.61	Samantha Lucie-Smith   New Zealand	4:20.60
800 m freestyle[11]	Amy Allen   Australia	8:46.53	Belinda Bennett   Australia	8:48.75	Samantha Lucie-Smith   New Zealand	8:57.62
50 m backstroke	Whitney Ireland   Australia	29.70	Laura Quilter   New Zealand	29.84	Jenni O'Neil   Australia	29.99
100 m backstroke	Jenni O'Neil   Australia	1:02.47	Jessie Blundell   New Zealand	1:02.67	Sophia Batchelor   New Zealand	1:02.79
200 m backstroke	Sophia Batchelor   New Zealand	2:11.94	Jenni O'Neil   Australia	2:12.15	Jessie Blundell   New Zealand	2:15.64
50 m breaststroke	Rebecca Kemp   Australia	32.30	Tiffany Papaemanouil   Australia	33.82	Simsara Rouan   New Caledonia	36.26
100 m breaststroke	Rebecca Kemp   Australia	1:08.86 CR	Grace Francis   New Zealand	1:12.07	Pilar Shimizu   Guam	1:18.82
200 m breaststroke	Rebecca Kemp   Australia	2:26.63 CR	Grace Francis   New Zealand	2:34.40	Marona Bong   New Caledonia	2:52.99
50 m butterfly	Samantha Lee   New Zealand	27.69	Madeline Groves   Australia	27.86	Amy Smith   Australia	28.09
100 m butterfly	Madeline Groves   Australia	1:00.11	Amy Smith   Australia	1:00.88	Samantha Lee   New Zealand	1:01.32
200 m butterfly	Madeline Groves   Australia	2:12.49	Amy Smith   Australia	2:12.98	Charlotte Webby   New Zealand	2:15.47
200 m individual medley	Grace Francis   New Zealand	2:15.89	Jenni O'Neil   Australia	2:17.27	Tiffany Papaemanouil   Australia	2:20.36
400 m individual medley	Tiffany Papaemanouil   Australia	4:56.19	Samantha Lucie-Smith   New Zealand	5:02.24	Summer Harrison   Hawaii	5:12.73
4×100 m freestyle relay	Australia   Amelia Evatt-Davey,   Amy Allen,   Jade Neilsen,   Jenni O'Neil	3:47.48	New Zealand   Hannah Saunders,   Lisa Pankhurst,   Samantha Lucie-Smith,   Sophia Batchelor	3:51.10	Hawaii   Summer Harrison,   Jasmine Mau,   Samantha Moody,   Rachel Fujitta	4:07.46
4×200 m freestyle relay	Australia	8:18.58	New Zealand	8:36.06	Hawaii	8:53.29
4×100 m medley relay	Australia   Jenni O'Neil,   Rebecca Kemp,   Madeline Groves,   Amelia Evatt-Davey	4:08.92 CR	New Zealand   Renee Stothard,   Grace Francis,   Charlotte Webby,   Hannah Saunders	4:18.54	Hawaii   Anu Nihipali,   Summer Harrison,   Samantha Moody,   Jasmine Mau	4:40.72
5k open water	Belinda Bennett   Australia	1:00.22	Brooke Wilson   Australia	1:03.15	Jasmine Mau   Hawaii	1:08.20
10k open water	Belinda Bennett   Australia	2:17:18.24	Brooke Wilson   Australia	2:17:19.27	Laurene Gosse   New Caledonia	2:35:30.89

Legend: CR – Championship record

Overall medal table

Medal standings for the Swimming and Open Water competitions are:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	32	24	8	66
2	New Zealand	7	17	13	37
3	Papua New Guinea	2	-	1	3
4	Tonga	1	-	2	3
5	New Caledonia	-	1	7	8
6	Hawaii	-	-	10	10
7	Guam	-	-	1	1
8	Cook Islands	-	-	-	0
8	Fiji	-	-	-	0
8	Marshall Islands	-	-	-	0
8	Palau	-	-	-	0
8	Samoa	-	-	-	0
Total		42	42	42	126

References

1. Oceania Swimming Championships 2010 website. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
2. 2010 Oceania Swimming and Open Water Championships subpage of the Swimming New Zealand website; retrieved 2010-04-.05.
3. Final Report on the 2010 Oceania Championships published by the Samoa Swimming Federation in May 2010; retrieved from the Oceania Swimming Association website on 2010-06-18.
4. Rising stars head to Samoa for Oceania Championships published by Swimming Australia on 2010-06-18, retrieved 2010-06-21.
5. New Zealand team heads to Samoa for Oceania Championships published by Swimming New Zealand on 2010-06-19, retrieved 2010-06-21.
6. Seven aim for victory by Rosalia Setefano for the Samoa Observer. Published 2010-06-19, retrieved 2010-06-22.
7. In the Men's 200 m backstroke event, Australia's Bobby Jovanovich placed third the event in a time of 2:07.96 but was unable to claim the bronze medal due the Oceania Championship rule that states that a single country can only claim the first two medals in any single event.
8. In the Men's 50 m breaststroke event, Tonga's Amini Fonua won the event in a time of 28.57 but FINA regulations were unclear as to his eligibility. As of September 2010, Fonua was eligible to compete for Tonga at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
9. In the Men's 100 m breaststroke event, Tonga's Fonua Amini placed third the event in a time of 1:03.49 but FINA regulations were unclear as to his eligibility. As of September 2010, Fonua was eligible to compete for Tonga at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
10. In the Men's 50 m butterfly event, Tonga's Amini Fonua claimed third in the event in a time of 25.02 but FINA regulations were unclear as to his eligibility. As of September 2010, Fonua was eligible to compete for Tonga at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
11. In the Women's 800 m freestyle event, Australia's Jessica Ashwood placed third the event in a time of 8:54.79 but was unable to claim the bronze medal due the Oceania Championship rule that states that a single country can only claim the first two medals in any single event.